N66001-21-Q-6343– Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source to Sirsi Corporation.

The Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pacific) hereby publicizes its intention to solicit, negotiate, and award a Commercial Firm-Fixed-Price FAR 13 purchase order on a non-competitive basis with Sirsi Corporation, Lehi, Utah, 84043. This is a new procurement. The requirement is for the purchase a base year, and four additional option years of the following supplies:

Description Qty.
SirsiDynix Core 1
Symphony Web 2
VPN 1
SIP-NCIP 1
Enterprise 1
Enriched Content 1


The justification for a non-competitive award is as follows: An Integrated Library System, ILS, is a software system used to catalog and track owned library print material and circulate (check in and out) material to patrons. An ILS includes a back-end application for library staff administration to catalog and circulate material as well as an Online Public Access Catalog, OPAC, for users to search for and locate material to check out. The Technical Library requires an ILS with the following critical characteristics.

1.Offers Software as a Service SaaS at a secure hosting facility.
2.Client hosted internally with application VPN.

The Technical Library requires SirsiDynix Symphony as a sole source procurement as it is the only provider that meets both of these critical characteristics. It is required that the ILS provider offers Software as a Service, SaaS, with secure hosting. SaaS is a system where the vendor hosts the content, which eliminates the need for internal server management, saving IT support time. Because data is hosted externally, this data must be secure. It is required that the hosted platform meets security standards such as NIST SP 800-53 accreditation and ISO 27001 certification. The hosting facility also must be FedRAMP certified. SirsiDynix Symphony SaaS has both NIST SP 800-53 accreditation and ISO 27001 certification, in addition to their hosting facility being FedRAMP compliant. Technical Library requires the ILS server be hosted. However, a local client with an application VPN is required to connect to the server. A staff client is required to access the server to circulate material, create user records, and catalog items. This also needs an application VPN to securely connect to the server and protect user information. SirsiDynix offers the capability of a hosted server with a locally hosted client application and VPN.

A determination by the government not to compete based upon responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the government. However, all responsible sources may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this notice, and must clearly show the firm's ability to be responsive without compromising quality, accuracy, and reliability. A copy of the Request for Quote will be made available upon request. The applicable NAICS Code is 511210 and the business size standard is $41,500,000.00.

The point of contact for this announcement is James Davenport at james.davenport4@navy.mil

Be advised that the aforementioned information is anticipatory in nature and is not binding. Any comments, questions or concerns regarding this notice must be submitted via e-mail to james.davenport4@navy.mil by 6/11/2021 at 1300 PST. Questions by phone or fax will not be considered.

All responding vendors must be registered to the System for Award Management (SAM). Information can be found at https://www.sam.gov. Complete SAM registration requires a registered DUNS and CAGE Code numbers. Questions by phone or fax will not be considered.

Awarded contract N6600121P6343 to SirsiDynix for 57000 on 2021-06-30.